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VLC tops 6B downloads, previews AI-generated subtitles

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Re: VLC tops 6B downloads, previews AI-generated subtitles

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post #2

now here's an AI integration that doesn't seem pointless and stupid

In fact it's a feature I've been waiting for someone to do!

Windows has this as a feature in the OS with their stupidly-named Copilot+ PCs. I tried it a while ago and it seemed ok-ish at translating. Wasn’t terrible for doing it all on-device

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/use-live-caption...

Re: VLC tops 6B downloads, previews AI-generated subtitles

#32
post #6

Please no AI.

> using open-source AI models that run locally on users’ devices, eliminating the need for internet connectivity or cloud services this isn't the bad kind of ai we hate... it could be actually useful!

There isn't enough information to judge. For example, the article doesn't mention if the training data was legally and ethically acquired.

Re: VLC tops 6B downloads, previews AI-generated subtitles

#33
post #23

I wonder how strong your pc will have to be to run this locally.

Given modern mirrorless cameras can detect and track humans or mammals using DSPs and NNs without any discernible battery penalty at 30/60/120/240FPS (depending on camera class), I think they can do it with very small and efficient models with some frequency clamping and downsampling.

Initial versions will be more power hungry, but it'll be negligible at the end, given that modern processors have accelerators for image and voice based AI applications.

Re: VLC tops 6B downloads, previews AI-generated subtitles

#36
post #23

I wonder how strong your pc will have to be to run this locally.

I wonder if there could be an option to share the generated ai subtitiles so there is no duplicate effort. For example Movie_torrent.vlc subs can be shared on some other users machine with the same Movie_torrent.vlc file.

Obv you can find majority of subs online for popular files but niche cases usually have low subs available and sharing AI could help the ecosystem.

Re: VLC tops 6B downloads, previews AI-generated subtitles

#37
AI subtitle generation seems like a useful feature. Hopefully they'll integrate with a subtitle sharing service so we don't have computers repeatedly duplicating work.

In the ideal case you'd probably generate a first pass of subtitles with AI, have a human review and tweak it as needed, and then share that. There's no reason for people to be repeatedly generating their own subtitles in most cases.

Re: VLC tops 6B downloads, previews AI-generated subtitles

#38
post #14

Can’t wait to watch anime with AI generated subs, it will be a beautiful trainwreck.

Already happened last year, both with fansubs and official releases - Nokotan springs to mind. It was indeed a trainwreck. Although having it done real time should also be funny.

Re: VLC tops 6B downloads, previews AI-generated subtitles

#39
post #32
post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> using open-source AI models that run locally on users’ devices, eliminating the need for internet connectivity or cloud services this isn't the bad kind of ai we hate... it could be actually useful!

There isn't enough information to judge. For example, the article doesn't mention if the training data was legally and ethically acquired.

Sorry if this is a hot take, but this is of no importance to me.

Re: VLC tops 6B downloads, previews AI-generated subtitles

#40
post #25
post #14

Can’t wait to watch anime with AI generated subs, it will be a beautiful trainwreck.

As a former fansub translator, it's better for mankind this way. Further thoughts on the matter: https://old.reddit.com/r/grandorder/comments/dnpzrh/everyone...

IMO this kind of thing is a symptom of so few people knowing multiple languages. It doesn’t take much time in a second language to realize how much of an art translation is. Heck, even if you only know English, reading a few translations of classic literature should make it obvious. I really hope AI doesn’t totally ruin the market for actually decent translations of books, films, and television by making something “good enough” so cheap that nobody gets into the industry anymore.
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